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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 4 June 2021 - Anger as Portugal turns amber
Description: "The UK recovery continues to gather pace but as mentioned yesterday, it is impossible for the Government to please everyone.
The howls of protest heard yesterday as Portugal was removed from green on the traffic light system to amber means that the only viable mass holiday destination now requires five days of isolation and a single negative Covid test for returning travellers.
Accusations, especially from the tourism industry, centre around a promise the Transport secretary apparently made that he would give three weeks’ notice of any negative change to a country’s status. If he did make such a promise, it w...